Samuel Rossiter Betts

Samuel Rossiter Betts (8 June 1786-2 November 1868) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 7) from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1817, succeeding Abraham J. Hasbrouck and preceding Josiah Hasbrouck.

Biography
Samuel Rossiter Betts was born in Richmond, Massachusetts in 1786, and he became a lawyer in Hudson, New York in 1807. He practiced law in Monticello from 1809 to 1812, served as a judge advocate of volunteers during the War of 1812, served in the US House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817, practiced law in Newburgh from 1817 to 1823, served as Orange County district attorney from 1818 to 1820 and from 1821 to 1823, served on the State Supreme Court from 1823 to 1826, and served as the judge of the Southern District of New York from 1826 to 1867. He died in 1868 at the age of 82.